This Is the Life is a solo album from Scottish rock musician Ricky Ross, a member of Deacon Blue.

The album has more touches of folk and country music and the general mood of the album is more placid than most of the Deacon Blue catalog.

[citation needed] Deacon Blue colleague James Prime plays piano on "The Way to Work", and Ross' wife and Deacon Blue colleague Lorraine McIntosh contributes vocals to one song (as she did on each of Ross' three prior solo albums), "Nothing Cures That".

This is the first Ricky Ross solo album to receive a US release.

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted.